AST to Address Human Resources Groups Nationwide to Encourage them to Adopt a Paid Leave Plan for Organ Donors

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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of
Transplantation (AST) is hitting the road to spread the word about organ
donation to a unique target audience -- human resource professionals.

AST is scheduled to meet with state chapters of the Society of Human
Resource Management (SHRM) nationwide to promote the Society's Employee
Leave and Organ Donation Program. The program is designed to encourage
employers to adopt paid leave policies for employees who act as live organ
donors. Meetings between AST and SHRM members are scheduled in Seattle, St.
Louis, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco during October through
December. AST will offer guidance in establishing and implementing a paid
leave program.

It is AST's position that paid leave, if offered by employers, could
help ease the chronic shortage of organs in the U.S., where 3,700 new
patients are added to the transplant waiting list each month and 18 die
each day awaiting transplantation.

Living Donors: An Important Part of Organ Donation

Living donors are responsible for the organs in approximately 50% of
kidney transplants, 10% of liver transplants and 2% of lung transplants.
There were 6,306 live organ donations in 2007.

The recovery period for organ and tissue donation surgery varies by
individual but is generally one week for bone marrow, four weeks for kidney
and up to 12 weeks for liver and lung.

AST Program Aims to Boost Paid Leave Participation

Currently, at least 40 institutions and corporations have paid leave
policies for live donors through AST. Twenty-nine states also have policies
and many have related legislation pending. The federal government has had a
paid leave policy since 1999.

Through its program, AST provides technical assistance to employers who
want to establish a paid leave policy for organ donors which includes: a
sample human resources policy statement; a booklet that describes organ
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